The numbing routine of afternoon practice, dinner and evening meetings was interrupted Wednesday night when Tom Coughlin surprised his team by canceling the classroom work and taking the entire Giants team bowling. For slightly more than two hours, the Giants took over Del Lanes in Delmar, where owners Marvin Sontz and Bill Cornell and manager Tina Reide made sure to have plenty of size 14, 15 and 16 bowling shoes on hand. About a month ago, Giants personnel arranged to have the alleys closed down for a private party on this particular date and Coughlin sprung it on the unsuspecting players for a night of team building. "As long as I beat Coach Coughlin that's all I care about," said Antonio Pierce, who says his typical score is 150. "He was a lot of rah-rahing. He got a little competitive on the bowling alley." Coughlin's first-game score of 88 improved to 135 after Sontz offered a few tips about release points and throwing a hook.
-- NY Post
COUGHLIN, JINTS GET ON A ROLL | By PAUL SCHWARTZ | New York Giants
08-17-2007, 01:45 PM
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